"All together! Let's wave our caps and handkerchiefs." We did all wave our caps and handkerchiefs, together and separately, but the boat went slowly on, as if there was no one in danger, and we turned and looked at each other in despair.
"They must be asleep," said Bob angrily.

"Oh, it's too bad." "No," said Bigley sadly.

"They can't be asleep, because there's someone steering, and someone else attending to the sails when they go about.
It's only because they cannot see us.

The rocks and cliffs hide us from them." "Why, we can see them," said Bob bitterly.
"Yes, because they are against the sky," I said.

"We are against the cliff.